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Oral Anticoagulation Management Cheat Sheet: Warfarin, Apixaban, Dabigatran, Rivaroxaban
 - Mechanism of Action
 - Routine Blood
, Apixaban, Dabigatran ... #Anticoagulant ... #DOAC #Management ... #Table #Pharmacology ... #Stop #Perioperative
Summary table of the mechanism of action, side effect and contraindications of commonly used anti-coagulation drugs.
Enoxaparin - Warfarin ... Xa inhibitors - Apixaban ... - Dabigatran #anticoagulation ... #pharmacology # ... medications #doac
Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... For patients on warfarin ... table ... inhibitor) • Apixaban ... #pharmacology #
Warfarin to DOAC and DOAC to Warfarin Transitions 

Here are a couple of charts to help
Warfarin to DOAC ... and DOAC to Warfarin ... Quick tip: apixaban ... #Pharmacology # ... Table
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
response to the drug ... Over-anticoagulation ... management #algorithm #pharmacology ... #treatment #medications ... #table #pharmacotherapy
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Antiarrhythmic drugs ... typically needed • DOACs ... (rivaroxaban, apixaban ... indications ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... /MRA • Avoid Warfarin ... and DOAC • Planning ... suggest prophylactic anticoagulation ... management #cardiology #treatment